Dump-car.



PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

F. S. INGOLDSBY.

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APgLIoATIoN FILED 1120.21, 1904.

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FRANK S. IN GOLDSBY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE INGOLDSBY AUTOMATIC CAR COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

DUMP-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed Deumber Z7, 1904;, Serial N0. 238,300.

To au whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FRANK S. INGoLDsBY, acitizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dump-Cars, of which the followingis a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide simple and efficient mechanism for receiving the impact of dropping doors of dump-cars and hold the same at various dumping inclinations, as desired.

To this end the invention comprises,broadly,

a bumper adjustable to various positions and arranged to receiveand support the door.

The invention is particularly adaptable to dump-cars of what are known as the "Ingoldsby type, these cars having a central longitudinal beam and doors hinged at the opposite edges thereof and arranged to swing downward outwardly. In such cars the bumping mechanism is made double and is carried beneath and supported by such central beam, and this adaptation is also included within my invention. In the drawings, Figure l is a Across-section through a wooden car of the Ingoldsby type having my bumping mechanism. Fig. 2 isa cross-section of a similar steel car. Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of ther bumping mechanism, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the locking-pin thereof.

The car has a central longitudinal beam A, made of metal or wood and acting also as a ridge. To this beam are hinged at its lower opposite edges the dumping-doors B. These doors are adapted to have their outer edges abut the sides of the car C. The doors may be held in closed position by hooks D, pivoted to the sides of the car and engaging the projecting ends of floor-beams E, secured to the under side of the doors.

Secured to the under side of the central beam Ais a vertical metalsheet F, which carries the bumpers Cr, which receive the impact of the dropping doors.` In the wooden car this plate may be secured by means rof an angle f4 and bolts f5 and in the steel car by rivets and an angle f3. Each door carries on its under side a sti' leaf-spring H, which cushions the blow, and each bumper has an enlarged head g to receive the spring.

The Shanks of the bumpers are of arenal shape, as shown. In the construction shown in Fig.` l these shanks are on the same side of the sheet F. In Fig. 2 they are on opposite sides to allow the inner ends to move past each other and enabling the `sheet to be narrower.' In each case they are flat bars engaging the surface of the sheet and each held in place by a pair'of guiding-stirrupsf and f', riveted to the plate F.

The plateFis strengthened by reinforcing angle-barsfz. These bars cross each other and are riveted to the plate. In the construction shown in Fig. l they are on the same side of the plate, which is the side opposite the bumper, while in Fig. 2 the bars f2 are on opposite sides of the plate and are so placed as to clear the bumper-Shanks. These reinforcing-bars may be arranged to terminate, as shown in Fig. 2-that is, their lower ends at the stirrups f and their upper ends at the angle-clips f3, which assist in securing the plate F to the ridge-beam A. An angle f6 along the bottom of the plate F further strengthens it.

The Shanks of the bumpers are in the shape of an arc about the pivot of the corresponding door, so that they may be shoved through their stirrups to cause the bumpers to project varying amounts and still always be in line with the springs H on the doors.

To hold the bumpers in the desired position, I provide a locking-pin .Ladapted to occupy a hole in the stirrup f and plate F and one of a series of holes g in the bumper. To prevent this pin working out of place, I slot its end and mount therein a pivoted blade j'. When the pin is inserted, this blade is turned into the slot, which it occupies without projecting laterally. After the pin is inserted the blade swings by gravity into the position shown in Fig. 3. A chain j may be employed to permanently secure the pinto the car. The

bumper may have a lug g2 at its extreme in- K l. In a dump-car, the combination of a dumping-door and an adjustably-positioned bumper to receive the impact and limit the movement thereof.

2. In a dump-car, the combination of an ad' justably-positioned bumper, a dumping-door,

anda spring carried by the door to engage the bumper.

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3. Inadump-car,the combination of adumping-door, a bumper, a support for the bumper, said bumper and support beinglocked together in adjustable position by means of a series of openings in one, any one orl which may be held in alinement with an opening in the other.

4. In a dump-car, in combination, a dumping-door, a bumper having' a series or' openings in its shank, a support for the bumper, and a locking-pin adapted to pass through any of the openings in the bumper into said support.

5. In a du mp-car, the combination of a dumping-door and a bumper having a shank and adjustable thereby into different positions to receive the door.

6. In adum p-car, in combination, a pivoted dumping-door, a bumper adjustable in an arc about such pivot to receive the impact of the door and hold it in Various positions.

7. In a dump-car, in combination, a pivoted door, an arcual bumper, a support for the bumper allowing it to slide in an arcual path, and means for locking the bumper in position.

8. In adump-car,the combination of adumping-door, a bumper having an arcual shank, a support for the bumper having a stirrup eX- tending across the shank of the bumper.

9. In adump-car,the combination of adumping-door, a bumper having an arcual shank, a support for the bumper having a stirrup eX- tending across the shank of the bumper, said stirrup having a hole through it, said bumper having a series of holes in its shank adapted to aline with the hole in the stirrup, and a locking-pin adapted to occupy such alined holes.

10. In a dump-car, the combination of a dumping-door, a projecting metal sheet, a bumper having an arcual shank lying alongside or' said sheet, and a guiding-stirrup secured to said sheet and embracing said shank.

11. In a dump-car, the combination of a dumping-door, a depending metal sheet, a bumper having a shank lying alongside of said sheet, a guiding-stirrup secured to said sheet and embracing said shank, and a locking-pin for holding the bumper in place.

12. In a dump-car, the combination of a dumping-door, adependingsupport, a bumper having an arcual shank lying alongside of said sheet, a guiding-stirrup secured to said support and embracing said shank, means for holding the bumper in various positions, and a spring on the door to engage the bumper in such various positions.

13. In a dump-car, the combination of a dumping-door, a part of the car to which said door is hinged, a vertical metal sheet depending from said part, a bumper slidable alongside of said sheet and adjustable to hold the door in various positions.

14. The combination with a stationary part of the car, of a dumping-door pivoted thereto, a depending metal vertical plate carried by saidstationary part, abumper having a shank lying alongside of said plate, said shank being arcual about the pivot of the door, a stirrup carried` by said plate and embracing and guiding said shank, and means for locking the shank in position.

15. In a dump-car, in combination, a supporting member, a metal plate carried thereby, a dumping-door hinged to said member, a pair of stirrups secured to said plate, a bumper having a iiat shank extending through said stirrups and guided thereby, said bumper being' adjustable through said stirrups to bring it into different positions to support the door in dierent inclinations.

16. In a dump-car, in combination, a beam, dumping-doors hinged to its opposite edges, a depending support on the under side of said beam, a pair ot' bumpers carried by said support and adapted to project beyond its edges, said bumpers having shanks lying alongside of said support and arranged not to interfere with each other, and means for holding the bumpers in various positions on the support.

17. In combination, a beam, a pair of dumping-doors pivoted thereto at the opposite edges thereof, a vertical depending plate secured to the under side of said beam, diagonal braces for said plate, stirrups carried by said plate, a pair of bumpers having Shanks embraced by said stirrups and held against said plate,

.and means forlocking the bumpers in adjusted position.

18. In a dump-car, the combination with a dumping-door, an adjustable bumper for holding the same in varying positions, a lockingpin for holding the bumper in varying positions, and a gravity-lock for the locking-pin.

19. In a dump-car, a dumping-door, a bumper for holding the same, a support for said bumper, said bumper being adjustable on its support by reason of a series of openings adapted to be occupied by a locking-pin, in combination with such pin, and a lockingblade pivoted to the pin.

20. In a dump-car, the combination with a dumping-door,- of an adjustable bumper for holding the same in varying positions, a locking-pin for holding the bumper in varying positions, said pin being slotted, a lockingblade pivoted to said pin within said slot and adapted to extend longitudinally ot' the slot when the pin is being inserted and thereafter crosswise thereof to prevent the withdrawal of the pin.

21. The combination of a dump-car having door adapted to swing downwardly and an adjustably-positionedbumper adapted to stand beneath the door and support it in various positions.

In testimony whereof` I hereunto aHX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK S. INGOLDSBY.

Witnesses:

CHAs. H. MEYER, THELMA KNUDsoN.

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